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"I would also imagine that dealing with infertility was quite psychogenic for several reasons. It is in her nature not to express grief (over her inability to conceive a child) but to repress it, adding to the repository of those painful emotions that lie in the unconscious. Also, infertility is often out of the control of the person going through it. This can also be enraging, especially for an individual who has learned that if you work hard enough, your rewards will come." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.)

"Asparagus roots are used by Chinese herbalists to treat many ailments, such as arthritis and infertility. Madame de Pompadour used asparagus mixed with egg yolks, vanilla, and truffles as an aphrodisiac. Historically, asparagus has been used to treat problems involving swelling, such as arthritis and rheumatism, and may also be useful for PMS-related water retention. Throw Me a Lifesaver! DIGESTIVE HEALTH: Asparagus contains inulin, a carbohydrate that is not digested but promotes friendly bacteria in our large intestine." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"But, according to an Australian studythey're also at increased risk for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a common cause of infertility. The scientists attribute both the athletic ability and PCOS to overexposure to male hormones in the womb. on any part of the body. Pinched nerves can be caused by repetitive movements, joint and spinal injuries or diseases, and even pregnancy. A very common form of chronically pinched nerves is known as nerve entrapment syndrome." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "The good news is that many men with this condition who suffer from infertility may be able to father children with the help of advanced reproductive technologies. And with testosterone treatment, men with Klinefelter's can grow hair and have a better sex life to boot. LOSING EYEBROWS OR EYELASHES If you notice that your previously lush lashes or bushy brows are nowhere to be seen, it may be another unfortunate sign of aging. But eyelash loss—known med- SPEAKING OF SIGNS A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "Because men with Klinefelter's tend to have abnormally low levels of testosterone and high levels of estrogen, they often suffer from infertility and sexual dysfunction. WARNING SIGN Men with Klinefelter's syndrome are at increased risk for osteoporosis and some serious autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.lt also raises their chances of developing breast cancer, testicular cancer, lung disease,and extragonadalgerm cell tumors, rare growths that can be cancerous." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"At an infertility clinic at Johns Hopkins, Linda Cowan published a study in the early 1980s. She followed two groups of women for more than 20 years. There aren't many studies like this. What's unique about these women is that one group had blocked fallopian tubes, and the other group had progesterone deficiency. The only long-term health effect the women with blocked tubes had was the inability to get pregnant. But more than 20 years later, the group with progesterone deficiency had tenfold more cancer. How could this be?" - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.) "The symptoms include weight gain, PMS, fibrocystic breasts, bloating, troublesome periods, infertility, endometriosis, depression, and mood swings. Xenoestrogens Xeno literally means foreign; therefore, xenoestrogens are foreign estrogens. In addition to being highly estrogenic, xenoestrogens are fat soluble and nonbiodegradable. This means that they easily pass through the skin and sit in fatty tissues and that they don't break down over time, in either the body or the environment. Some common sources of xenoestrogens include: Meat and dairy products." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Remember, infertility is defined as a failure to conceive after 12 months of frequent intercourse without contraception in women under 35 years of age or failure to conceive after 6 months of intercourse without contraception in women 35 years of age or older. At age 35, and especially after age 40, time becomes of the essence, so it is a good idea to seek the advice of a practitioner promptly if a desired pregnancy is delayed." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "AIs are indicated for women with infrequent or no ovulation and for unexplained infertility. Other drugs that are used on a selective basis and along with other therapies include gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists, gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists, and human chorionic gonadotropin. SEEING A LICENSED PRIMARY HEALTH-CARE PRACTITIONER (N.D., M.D., D.O., N.P., P.A.) It's important to remember that a significant number of pregnancies occur in previously infertile couples without any treatment at all." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "IUI alone, without ovulation induction medications, increases the chance of fertility in a natural cycle by only 1 to 2 percent in couples with unexplained infertility. When clomiphene citrate (CC) is added in these couples, the fertility rate increases to 8 to 10 percent. Three main types of medication are used to induce ovulation. Clomiphene citrate is the most common, but aromatase inhibitors (AI) and injectable gonadotropins are also used when there is no response to other treatments." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Why, for example, do so many women today suffer from infertility or other reproductive problems? According to Christiane Northrup, a physician and popular writer on women's health and a third-wave American feminist, more often than not such problems are the body's way "of expressing the psychological and emotional wounding it has experienced from a culture that is often not supportive of women and their feminine values." - Anne Harrington, The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Get the book.)

"Rose's decon-gesting quality carries into the reproductive system, relieving painful, heavy menstruation, irregularity, and infertility. Rose is also used for impotence in both men and women, not only on the physical level, but aiding in the emotional component of sexual insecurity. Its calming nature soothes the nervous system, relieves insomnia, calms the heart, and generally lifts the spirits, relieving depression and anxiety. Rose's astringent qualities help dry up excessive bleeding, phlegm, and diarrhea." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"Many women—and their doctors— wind up treating the symptoms of PCOS, such as acne or infertility, as separate and discrete problems. They'll go to a dermatologist about their acne, for example, and call it a day, never suspecting that the acne is just a symptom of a whole underlying process. The result? Many women who have PCOS don't actually know it. The Insulin Connection One thing that almost always goes with PCOS is weight gain, and women with PCOS find it fiendishly difficult to lose weight, even with dieting and exercise." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Leptin deficiency results in many of the abnormalities seen in starvation, including reduced body temperature, reduced activity, decreased immune function, and infertility. (For reviews of the physiological role of leptin, see [39, 40].) Known mutations in leptin causing spontaneous massive obesity in humans are autosomal recessive and are rare in the population. However, two highly consanguineous10 families were identified that carry mutations in LEP (reviewed in [2, 29]). Leptin acts through the leptin receptor, a single-trans-membrane-domain receptor of the cytokine-receptor family [41]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"And one of the responses to all that insulin hitting the ovaries is that they produce even more testosterone and androstene-dione, which leads to hair loss, acne, obesity, infertility, and other symptoms of PCOS. Enter the low-carb diet, the perfect "natural" solution to high levels of insulin and to the problem of insulin resistance. Conventional Medicine: An Incomplete Answer Conventional medicine usually treats PCOS with drugs that lower levels of male hormones (androgens) or with diabetes medications that help the body to utilize insulin better." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Selenium, 200 meg daily • Vitamin E, 400 IU daily, of the natural "d-alpha" form • Vitamin C, 1,000 mg daily • N-acetylcysteine, 500 to 1,000 mg daily Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and infertility in Women Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common causes of infertility. It may affect up to 10 percent of women of childbearing age, and the condition's three key diagnostic criteria are multiple ovarian cysts, excess production of testosterone (primarily a male hormone), and elevated levels of insulin." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"Taking testosterone supplements, however, can actually depress libido, and shuts off sperm production, causing infertility that can take months to recover from. In some cases recovery does not occur. Testosterone also leads to psychiatric side effects, including suicide. Other side effects are hypertension, tendon ruptures, liver tumors, and development of male characteristics in women. Based on these potential side effects and the lack of any good reason to take these steroids I do not recommend taking them." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "Testosterone can cause gynecomastia (enlargement of breasts), a loss of sperm (with infertility), and excessive frequency and duration of erections—the side effect that prompts doctors to prescribe it for ED. In women there is a decrease in estrogen, progesterone, and androgens (including testosterone) on the order of 25% to 50% after menopause. Testosterone is the hormone that is most linked to libido in women. Because of this, women with decreased libido can be treated with testosterone." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Phytoestrogens, that disrupt endocrine function, have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women, as well as being potent anti-thyroid agents. Potent enzyme inhibitors that block the action of other enzymes needed for protein digestion, and which can produce gastric distress, reduced protein digestion, and chronic deficiencies in amino acid assimilation. In addition, soy products: Increase the body's requirement for vitamins D and B-12. Contain denatured proteins formed during high temperature processing—soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"These can include fatigue; weight gain; weakness; depression; infertility; constipation; low basal body temperature (below 97.6); thin, brittle nails; hair loss; rough, dry skin; muscle weakness; forgetfulness; difficulty concentrating; joint stiffness; prolonged and heavy menstrual bleeding; cold hands and feet; sluggish lymphatic drainage; impaired kidney function; and increased risks of heart disease, hypertension, and atherosclerosis." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.) "Signs of poor endocrine function are low estrogen or testosterone levels, which can result in a wide variety of symptoms, including lowered sex drive, infertility, fatigue, feeling hot or cold, mood swings, and excessive sweating. Recommendations for supporting the health of your endocrine system include detoxification (through the process in chapter 4), nutritional therapies, lowering stress levels, and proper rest, as well as enzymes to support the digestive and immune systems and balance the body's pH levels." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"A person who lacks sufficient energy here or chronically stores a lot of negative energy in this center might suffer from impotence or infertility or be prone to disorders of the reproductive organs: dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, prostate dysfunction or cancer, fibroid tumors in women, or even cancer of the vagina, cervix, or uterus. A third, important energy cenrer encompasses the digestive system, pancreas, and liver. This is where we store emotion and hold our sense of personal power." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"Individuals with longstanding disease are at risk for complications, such as iron-deficiency anemia, vitamin deficiencies, osteoporosis, infertility, and gastrointestinal cancers. The long-term maintenance of a gluten-free lifestyle is challenging. Individuals diagnosed with celiac disease benefit most from a team approach, which includes regular supervision by a physician, nutritional counseling by a dietitian, and access to support groups knowledgeable about celiac disease and the gluten-free diet. II." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Although classically thought to present in childhood with diarrhea and protein-calorie malnutrition, we now know this disease can present outside of the pediatric age range with a variety of symptoms ranging from joint pain to infertility to anemia. Serum antibodies are an excellent screening tool for this disease. However, confirmation requires a small bowel biopsy performed by a gastroenterologist via an upper endoscopy. Celiac disease is the only autoimmune disease for which we know the trigger: gluten." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Acupuncture might not be the first thing you think of if you're having a problem with infertility, but maybe it should be. Studies—and a great deal of clinical experience—suggest that it might help, even if you're already undergoing standard therapies like in vitro fertilization or intrauterine insemination. Acupuncture is actually one of the oldest medical practices in the world." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"It also causes sex hormone problems and can lead to infertility; hair growth where you don't want it (your face if you're a woman); hair loss where you don't want to lose it (your head); acne in women; low testosterone, loss of chest, leg, and arm hair, and breast growth in men; and more. What's the Research on Insulin and How It Damages Your Brain? Pioneering new work out of Harvard and Brown universities from Drs." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Raquel": No More Cancer, Diabetes, Asthma, infertility, Eczema and Obesity! "Raquel" (not her real name) is probably one of the most astounding cases I have personally encountered that demonstrate the power of raw food. She'd had several miscarriages when a doctor told her she could never have children due to "some hormonal thing," as she put it. She'd had cervical cancer and was told she needed another laser surgery shortly before she switched to a raw diet. She had endured asthma, eczema and Type II (adult onset) diabetes for many years before going raw." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"In brief, the practice of reflexology applies gentle pressure to specific areas of the feet (usually) to treat a range of conditions, from joint pain to immune problems to infertility. The treatment's goal is to reorient and balance the energy flow within the body. The soles of the feet are believed to hold miniature maps for entire bodily systems that work best when they work together. ROLFING THERAPY In one word, Rolfing therapy is about realignment, or, in another word, balance." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"SYMPTOMS OF CELIAC DISEASE • vomiting and diarrhea • anemia, B6, B12, iron, zinc and folic acid deficiency • distension/bloating in the abdomen • muscle wasting and fatigue • a lack of weight gain and stunted growth in children • infertility, puberty delay • canker sores and dermatitis herpetiformis (itchy skin lesions) • stools may be pale, foul smelling and float due to the high fat content • often a secondary lactose intolerance may occur due to the irritated intestinal tract HOW IS CELIAC DISEASE DIAGNOSED? Some of the symptoms of Celiac Disease are similar to other diseases." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

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